How common is the surname Loud?

1,922 people in the United States had the surname Loud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,638 Americans. It ranked 15,278th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loud?

John J. Loud, American inventor (1844-1916).

Where is the surname Loud most common?

Wikidata records people named Loud in the United States.

Is the surname Loud getting more or less common?

More common. 1,778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,922 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Loud

A place surname, carried by 1,922 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loud is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

As an English surname, * from the adjective loud, * from the place name Lyde, * and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective, * and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLouth.

Loud is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,922 people named Loud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,638 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,778.

#15,278

rank among US surnames

1,922

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,203)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,272	Trosper	1,923	160,554
#15,278	Stelter	1,922	160,638
#15,284	Fallis	1,921	160,721

Who is named Loud

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

57% of people named Loud identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Louds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John J. Loud
American inventor (1844-1916)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loud

Loud has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

Questions

Where does the surname Loud come from?: As an English surname, * from the adjective loud, * from the place name Lyde, * and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective, * and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLouth.
How common is the surname Loud?: 1,922 people in the United States had the surname Loud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,638 Americans. It ranked 15,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loud?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Loud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loud?: John J. Loud, American inventor (1844-1916).
Where is the surname Loud most common?: Wikidata records people named Loud in the United States.
What type of surname is Loud?: Loud is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Loud getting more or less common?: More common. 1,778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,922 in 2010, up 8.1%.